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Mark Walker

Five Bolivia stars ruled out of Scotland pre World Cup clash amid visa issues

Scotland could face a weakend Bolivia (Image: Jane Barlow)

Scotland could be set for morale-boosting final pre-World Cup friendly after five Bolivian stars were ruled out of their trip to the USA.

Steve Clarke's side will face the South American nation for the first time in New Jersey at the weekend in what will be their last game before they kick off their first World Cup for 28 years against Haiti in Boston.

However, Bolivia have major problems after two players were ruled out after being refused US visas, a further two were injured and unable to travel and one player jetted to Bulgaria instead to seal a move to CSKA Sofia.


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And the five experienced players have won over 100 caps between them.

Jesus Maraude, Hector Cuellar, Moises Villarroel, Diego Medina and Dieguito Rodriguez have all been ruled out of the Bolivian side, who missed out on qualifying after they lost an inter-continental play-off against Iraq.

Bolivia boss Oscar Villegas has called up a total of eight teenagers to replace the missing players and give them extra cover, including 16-year-old striker Nabil Nacif.

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